Venezuelan international footballer banned for two years for doping

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Baku. 13 January. REPORT.AZ/ Venezuelan international footballer Edgar Jimenez has been banned for two years after testing positive for a banned substance, his club Carabobo FC said on Tuesday.

Report informs, the 31-year old midfielder tested positive for the stimulant octopamine after Carabobo played Deportes Tolima in the Copa Sudamericana last year, Carabobo said in a statement.

Jimenez was banned by the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and his agent said they would be launching an appeal. 

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